This is my "go-to" acoustic guitar string set. Its sound and tone is delightful to me: crisp, sharp and shiny on a guitar with bone nut & saddle. Read complete review

This is my "go-to" acoustic guitar string set. Its sound and tone is delightful to me: crisp, sharp and shiny on a guitar with bone nut & saddle. My play style wears severely on strings because of bending and use of much vibrato across the frets. I have used more-expensive coated strings, but these Martins sound better and they last about as long as coated strings, due to string-wear at the frets; thus, the Martins are a great value in guitar strings. Rarely have I broken a string in this set. (With coated strings, one string per set seemed to be my pattern of breakage.) Because of the low cost of this dependable string set, I enjoy its consistent great tone on my acoustic guitar at a fine price, and rarely have I broken a string. Now I joyfully look forward to changing strings on my acoustic guitar!

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M540 Phosphor Bronze Acoustic Strings 10 Pack

I love these strings. They sound great, they have a great feel on the fingers. They aren't the sturdiest, so lighten your hands up, or better yet, chuck your picks like...Read complete review

I love these strings. They sound great, they have a great feel on the fingers. They aren't the sturdiest, so lighten your hands up, or better yet, chuck your picks like a real guitarist. They don't keep their brightness more than a week, so change them often. At these prices you can afford to do that.

This is my "go-to" acoustic guitar string set. Its sound and tone is delightful to me: crisp, sharp and shiny on a guitar with bone nut & saddle. My play style wears severely on strings because of bending and use of much vibrato across the frets. I have used more-expensive coated strings, but these Martins sound better and they last about as long as coated strings, due to string-wear at the frets; thus, the Martins are a great value in guitar strings. Rarely have I broken a string in this set. (With coated strings, one string per set seemed to be my pattern of breakage.) Because of the low cost of this dependable string set, I enjoy its consistent great tone on my acoustic guitar at a fine price, and rarely have I broken a string. Now I joyfully look forward to changing strings on my acoustic guitar!

I love these strings. They sound great, they have a great feel on the fingers. They aren't the sturdiest, so lighten your hands up, or better yet, chuck your picks like a real guitarist. They don't keep their brightness more than a week, so change them often. At these prices you can afford to do that.

I have only bought one set of martin strings in my life and was dissapointed. small E string snapped BEFORE it was even tuned up. I thought I'd try something different for a change, but now I seriously doubt I'll ever go back to martin strings unless they miraculously do somethin big in the future. I'd rather spend 15bux on strings that last more than a tuning

The Martin m540 is the only acoustic guitar string I will use. I play in my church worship band so I play minimum of twice a week (usually about 4-5 hours a week). These strings hold up very well, In the three years I have been playing this guitar with these strings I have broken only two strings. After about three weeks of playing I do change them as they begin to sound less bright. I have played Elixir strings on this guitar and I can't tell that they retain the "new sound" any longer than the martin 540's. You simply can't find a better string at any price.

I play a Gibson Hummingbird and I've tried numerous brands of strings over the last 7 years, but any store I go to, it's gotta be Martin Lights. Some people complain about strings going "dead" yeah, well, these don't. When you first put them on, they sound beautiful and crisp, and after a few months of playing they are a little less striking, but the sweet, sweet sound doesn't go away. I've had a set of Elixir nanowebs on my guitar and they didn't last as long, nor did they sound as good. Indubitably, the best.

This is an overall great string pack! I got it at a lower price than it says here and they still worked great! The only bad part is it snapped when I was putting it on, but that was my fault (I let the string go in such a weird angle when it was loose, that the steel on the inside cracked, but otherwise this is a GREAT GUITAR STRING!!!